States to be ranked on social indices (Healthcare, Water & Education)

States to be ranked on social indices

Niti Aayog will start ranking States on outcomes in social sectors such as healthcare, water and education from next month, its Chief Executive Officer, Amitabh Kant, said here on Saturday.

“If 39 per cent of the population is stunted and nutrition is poor, you can’t move up the ladder and will lose the advantage of a young demographic,” Mr. Kant said at a meeting with the Chief Secretaries, stressing that India needed to improve on its education and health outcomes.

The Centre’s think tank is finalising new indices to track the States’ performance on parameters pertaining to education, water and health sectors.

“We have made the States compete with each on the ease of doing business. This year, we are going to start this competition in other spheres. In another month’s time, we will make the States compete on indices for these sectors,” Mr. Kant said.

“India has done a lot on access to education, but quality of education is extremely poor. Our Class V student is not able to do addition and subtraction. Our Class II students can’t read their mother tongue,” he said. “We are not looking at where States are at present, but are saying that the change you bring in one year’s time will determine where you rank. And every State will have access to real-time data on a portal to evaluate themselves.”

If 39% of population is stunted and nutrition is poor, you can’t move up the ladder: Amitabh Kant

Source | The Hindu | 19 September 2016

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